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stenc

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
stenc, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§311; §387; §562;
a smell, scent, odour
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  • Ic eom on stence strengre ðonne rícels,

      Exon. Th. 423, 18; Rä. 41, 23.
  • Stencas

    sapores,

      Kent. Gl. 1178.
  • Mid ðære nose wé tósceádaþ ða stencas,

      Past. 11, 2;Swt. 65, 21.
  • Góde stencas and yfele, 56; Swt. 433, 22. I a.

    a pleasant smell, fragrance, perfume

    :-- Ys mínes suna stenc swilce ðæs landes stenc, ðe Drihten bletsode,
      Gen. 27, 27.
  • Swétnys swá ðæra wynsumestra blóstmena stenc,

      Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 86, 19: Exon. Th. 363, 16; Wal. 54.
  • Swíðe swéte stenc,

      Blickl. Homl. 145, 29.
  • Mycel swétnysse stencg,

      Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 18.
  • Balzamum ðæs bestan stences,

      Nar. 27, 22.
  • Tó wynsumum stence,

      Lev. 1, 9.
  • Ða swétan stencas ðara wuduwyrta,

      Blickl. Homl. 59, 3.
  • Mid ðám fægrestum foldan stencum, Exon. Th. 198, 11; Ph. 8. I b.

    an unpleasant smell, stench, stink

    :-- Se wólberenda stenc ðære lyfte,
      Bd. 1, 13; S. 482, 8.
  • Ðǽr slóh út of ðære niwelnysse ormǽte stenc,

      Homl. Th. ii. 350, 25.
  • Eall forwearð for ðæm stence,

      Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 226, 13.
  • Stænce,

      2, 6; Swt. 90, 1.
  • Se líchoma on ðone heardestan stenc and on ðone fúlostan biþ gecyrred,

      Blickl. Homl. 59, 12.
  • Micgan stencgum

    urinae foetoribus,

      Hpt. Gl. 483, 3.
  • Stencum,

      516, 32; Homl. Th. i. 68, 7: ii. 374, 6.
the sense of smell
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  • Stengc

    odor, odoratus, olfactus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 57, 61: Hpt. Gl. 488, 23.
  • Ða fíf andgitu úses líchaman . . . stenc,

      Homl. Th. ii. 372, 26: i. 138, 27.
Etymology
[O. Sax. stank: O. H. Ger. stanc odor, odoratus, foetor.]
Similar entries
v. æðel-, un-, wyrt-stenc; ge-, swót-stence; adj.
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  • stenc, n.; adj.